Self Portrait

Rainbow * Track #2 On Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow

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ALBUM

Rainbow

1975

Self Portrait by Rainbow

Release Date

Mon Aug 04 1975

Performed by

Rainbow

Produced by

Ritchie Blackmore & Ronnie James Dio & Martin Birch

Writed by

Ronnie James Dio & Ritchie Blackmore

About

“Self Portrait” is written in 6/8, and has a dark sensibility to it, with moody guitar lines from virtuoso Ritchie Blackmore and melodic vocal harmonies from legendary vocalist Ronnie James Dio.

The song metaphorically compares a painting to man’s own grief and despair. Ritchie Blackmore reportedly...

Self Portrait Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Paint me your picture
And hang it on the wall
Color it darkly
The lines must start to crawl

[Pre-Chorus]
Down, down, down
Spin me around and around
Draw me away to the night from the day
Leave not a trace to be found
Down, down

[Chorus]
Nothing is real but the way that I feel
And I feel like going down
Down, down, down
Down, down, down, down, down

[Verse 2]
Paint me a picture
Of eyes that never see
With flashes of lightning
That burn for only me

[Pre-Chorus]
Hey hey hey
There's only the devil to pay
I'm ready to go
Pull me down from below
Give me a place I can lay

[Chorus]
Hey hey
Nothing is real but the way that I feel
I feel like going down
Down, down, down
Down, down, down, down

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
Hey hey
Nothing is real but the way that I feel
And I feel like going down

[Outro]
Down, down
Nothing is real but the way that I feel
And I feel like going down
Down, down, down
Down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, down
Down

Self Portrait Q&A

Who wrote Self Portrait's ?

Self Portrait was written by Ronnie James Dio & Ritchie Blackmore.

Who produced Self Portrait's ?

Self Portrait was produced by Ritchie Blackmore & Ronnie James Dio & Martin Birch.